Monday, 21 November 2011

Who here remembers Won Mississippi? A while back, they released one of my favourite Scottish albums, Welcomes Careful Drivers, which was rightly voted by the good folk over at jockrock as one of the Top 10 Scottish Albums of the Noughties.

So why am I babbling on about all this then? Well, Patrick Baird, their lead singer has been busying himself recently, ahead of the release of his debut EP under his solo guise Wiredrawn. Loose Lips Sink Ships is released next Tuesday and can be bought over here. I had a wee chat to Patrick to get the lowdown on his solo project but before we hear what he had to say for himself, here's a sneak preview of what you can expect...

...and judging by the comments, I'm not the only one who loves it! Over to Patrick now...

Kowalskiy: Who is Wiredrawn?

Patrick: Wiredrawn is the musical pseudonym of ex Won Mississippi frontman and all round musical gobshite Patrick Baird. I've been sonically procrastinating in a solo capacity for about a year now.

Kowalskiy: How would you describe 'your sound'?

Patrick: I'm like a giant influence sponge - I try to listen to as much music as I can. I store it all up, jumble it around and try to spit it out again in interesting and different ways...... I've been described as sounding like a ' Scottish Death Cab' and some folks have cited similarities to bands like Slint, Guided By Voices and Reuben.

Amazing people citing WCD as great album and WM as one of their favourite bands. I was singer on WCD and can't remember getting any kudos..apart from Stuart McHugh a man of exceptional musical taste. Playing shows to empty venues is my vague recollection of that period of my life. Wiredrawn, Secret Gang Handshakes are awesome BTW well done Rob and Pat - musical legends

You've got a great set of pipes on you! Classic case of retrospective appreciation on my part. The band had just released their final album when I started to get into them. WCD alone though, deserved a damn more than empty venues!

Nothing Dave man - young family takes up most of my time always hanging with Rob though so you never know...watch this space. Thanks for the compliments towards the end of it all I was ver disheartned - thought it was a great album and we had a great live show but didn't make any dents in Scottish scene - was weird seeing WCD and Sleeping Spoons in Jockrock list.

A heads up - there is a real possiblity we may be doing WCD 10th anniversary reunion show here in Berwick - whole album start to finish. Not sure if it will pan out but plan is for a matinee show so people can travel by train and still get home - free entry and all that. If the demand is there ~I think it will happen....